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utils.ArticleTopic.None 27 Apr 2025

South Africa’s New Electricity Department Charts Ambitious Course for Grid and Renewables

Ramakgopa plans a R400bn deal for 20 GW of renewables and 5,044 km of gridlines, promising zero loadshedding by 2030, and a wholesale electricity market.

Robert Duigan Robert Duigan
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utils.ArticleTopic.None 17 Apr 2025

No more excellence: how the DA plans to break the Western Cape school system

By prohibiting schools from considering academic performance and conducting parent interviews during admissions, the provincial education department is dooming them

Thomas Deakin
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utils.ArticleTopic.None 17 Apr 2025

Councillor Karl Bodin | Uncaring City Ignores Calls For Sewage Flooding Action Plan

The City has ignored the sewage flooding homes and streets in Flamingo Vlei. The Cape Independence Party is lodging a case for contravention of the Environmental Management Act.

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utils.ArticleTopic.None 17 Apr 2025

Government denies white farmer the right to water his crops

The national Water Department has denied a black farmer the right to share his licensed water with a neighbouring white farmer. Afriforum has vowed to fight this.

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utils.ArticleTopic.None 16 Apr 2025

ANC has one rule for Palestine, another for Taiwan, says Referendum Party

The Referendum Party has taken a critical stance regarding the ANC's double standards in South Africa's foreign policy regarding self-determination

Phil Craig Phil Craig
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utils.ArticleTopic.None 15 Apr 2025

The campaign to subvert Africa's internet registry

In ten days, AFRINIC, the continent's internet registry votes in its new board. But one man has been trying to commoditise its resources, and is pushing for a takeover.

Robert Duigan Robert Duigan
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utils.ArticleTopic.None 15 Apr 2025

Mashatile reorders GNU, neutering partners

Effectively, the new agreement commits partners to loyalty to the ANC, and offers nothing in return except paid positions, with a 50% threshold for sufficient consensus

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utils.ArticleTopic.None 14 Apr 2025

Impotent and immobile - why won't the VF+ leave the GNU?

The party has nothing to show for their deal with the ANC, and everyone knows it. With nothing to lose by leaving, and everything to gain, they are slowly committing suicide.

Robert Duigan Robert Duigan